by Mika » 23 Feb 2024, 04:24 Blogging is one of the easiest ways to make money online. Even though blogging typically requires you to register a domain, buy a hosting, install content management software like wordpress, and start publishing articles, you do not have to spend money on self hosted website to earn from blogging. There are multiple ways to make money through free blogging. Here are some methods you can try.
Free Blogging Platforms
Blogger
Blogger is a free blog platform owned by Google. Even though Google did not originally create this blogging platform, it has become one of the most popular free platforms for blogging.
Making a blog with Blogger is super easy. Go to blogger.com and sign in with your Gmail and hit create blog option, choose a name and subdomain, and create a free blog with a "blogspot.com" web address. Then start publishing content. Once you have a lot of well written, original content, apply for Google Adsense to show ads on your blog. If your content meets their standards, you will get approved, if not, tweak your content, publish more content, and try again. Besides Adsense, you can also use Amazon affiliate ads, Infolinks and A-ads on your free blogspot blog.
WordPress
Creating a free blog on WordPress is also super easy. Go to wordpress.com and create your free blog. You cannot use Adsense on wordpress but you can try Amazon Affiliate ads and A-Ads on your wordpress blog.
Wix, Weebly, Squarespace, etc.
Apart from Blogger and Wordpress, you can also create free blogs on various website builders like Wix, Weebly, etc. and se various monetization methods.
Free Blogging Sites
If you do not want to take a pain in creating free blogs on Blogger, Wordpress, etc. you can also try free blogging sites such as Medium, Vocal, Hubpages, Publish0x, Hive Blog, etc. It is easier to make money on free blogging sites compared to free hosted blogs like Blogger and Wordpress. That’s because free blogging sites have a lot of users. If you manage to build a network with the writers on these platforms, you can generate views and earn money.
How to Get Traffic on Your Free Blog
That’s the big question for making money as a blogger. If there is no traffic, there is no revenue. Therefore, when you start blogging, you also need to build skills with traffic generation methods.
SEO
Optimizing your content for search engines. You might ask, do free blogs get ranked on search engines? Of course free blogs are ranked by search engines but remember you need to high-quality content that is properly optimized with keywords, keyphrase and backlinks.
Marketing
Sharing your content on social media is one of the easiest ways to build traffic. However, you will have to build followers.
Subscribers/Followers
Building subscribers and followers can also help. You can start an email marketing campaign to reach out to your audience.
